What's a political farce that won't be forgotten?

[West Bromwich Holme]

No, not a misplaced Factbooks & General Information discussion that's IC.

This is as real-world as you can get.

I suppose either Brexit for us British or for the Americans, the Snowden revelations and then Trump in power 2017-2022 would count.

For the Canadians on here, remember the Rob Ford incident in 2013? I'm no expert on Canadian politics, only heard about the incident due to blog sites in 2013, it wasn't covered by mainstream media here in the UK.

Are there any political incidents that people still see as farcical even now in your country?

[Ethel mermania]

Everything fades.

Gary Hart
Wilbur Mills
Nelson Rockefeller's death.

Three of my favorites. But it all gets forgotten in the end.

[Informed Consent]

Considering how far my country has devolved into subjugating forensic standards to ideological interests that forward their causes more by circumstantial evidence, I am hard pressed to organize a concise list.

So you understand my POV, I will say that most of it would come out of the long and dubious history of Progressive identity politics coupled with their campaign of subversion modeled on Yuri Alexandrovich Bezmenov's chalkboard of the institutionalized Soviet version of it.

[Thermodolia]

Cheney shooting a guy

[Ifreann]

Cheney shooting a guy

And the guy then apologising to Cheney.

[Informed Consent]

Cheney shooting a guy

In his defense, Whittington does look a little bit like Quayle, if you are blind in one eye.

[Thermodolia]

Cheney shooting a guy

And the guy then apologising to Cheney.

“I’m sorry I got in the way of your bullet” or “I’m sorry I didn’t die”

[American Legionaries]

And the guy then apologising to Cheney.

“I’m sorry I got in the way of your bullet” or “I’m sorry I didn’t die”

His "apology" was basically "shit happens and I feel bad because this is now a political thing against Cheney"

Which I understand, although Cheney probably ought not have shot him.

[Ifreann]

And the guy then apologising to Cheney.

“I’m sorry I got in the way of your bullet” or “I’m sorry I didn’t die”

Cheney had a spot on the wall picked out to mount his head and everything.

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“I’m sorry I got in the way of your bullet” or “I’m sorry I didn’t die”

His "apology" was basically "shit happens and I feel bad because this is now a political thing against Cheney"

Which I understand, although Cheney probably ought not have shot him.

Many consider it a faux pas to shoot your hunting partners.

[Benuty]

A little niche, but I remember our governor Mark Sanford suddenly disappearing before Mothers Day. He of course went down to Argentina to have an adulterous affair, and got bluntly questioned in the airport on his return.

[American Legionaries]

“I’m sorry I got in the way of your bullet” or “I’m sorry I didn’t die”

Cheney had a spot on the wall picked out to mount his head and everything.

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His "apology" was basically "shit happens and I feel bad because this is now a political thing against Cheney"

Which I understand, although Cheney probably ought not have shot him.

Many consider it a faux pas to shoot your hunting partners.

Generally yes, but accidents happen.

[Informed Consent]

Many consider it a faux pas to shoot your hunting partners.

Shoot, get shot, tomato, potato.

[Ostroeuropa]

BYAAHHH!

[Ethel mermania]

“I’m sorry I got in the way of your bullet” or “I’m sorry I didn’t die”

Cheney had a spot on the wall picked out to mount his head and everything.

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His "apology" was basically "shit happens and I feel bad because this is now a political thing against Cheney"

Which I understand, although Cheney probably ought not have shot him.

Many consider it a faux pas to shoot your hunting partners.

Depends on how much you drink.

But yes, real power is when you shoot someone and they apologize to you.

[Ifreann]

Cheney had a spot on the wall picked out to mount his head and everything.

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Many consider it a faux pas to shoot your hunting partners.

Depends on how much you drink.

But yes, real power is when you shoot someone and they apologize to you.

When you have enough power to do what you always wanted to do, then you see what the guy always wanted to do.

[Southeast Iraq]

I think the Emu war, like really? They lost against a species of flightless bird?

[Thermodolia]

I think the Emu war, like really? They lost against a species of flightless bird?

Mao’s war on sparrows went well, almost too well

[Informed Consent]

I think the Emu war, like really? They lost against a species of flightless bird?

Large flightless birds descended from even larger flightless birds that descended from Tyrannosaurus Rex.
I learned to respect the ostrich while volunteering in Kenya.
They can be more ferocious than people generally think, a bit clever, and in the emu's defense living with Australians can be just as much an acquired taste as emu and waffles.

[Risottia]

Are there any political incidents that people still see as farcical even now in your country?

The yellowcake farce, by Colin Powell.

[Transsibiria]

The January 6 United States Capitol attack

[The Finntopian Empire]

A little niche, but I remember our governor Mark Sanford suddenly disappearing before Mothers Day. He of course went down to Argentina to have an adulterous affair, and got bluntly questioned in the airport on his return.

-Enters Argentina
-Has affair
-Refuses to elaborate further
-Leaves
Assert dominance

[United Republe]

Hillary Clinton's e-mails, or the lack thereof.

[Informed Consent]

Hillary Clinton's e-mails, or the lack thereof.

When the National Archives and DOJ explain to your lawyers how to best destroy digital evidence,
a whole new world opens to you.
Like being able to collaborate with media and intelligence agencies to craft false narratives about your political opponents.

[The House of Hamid]

Hillary Clinton's e-mails, or the lack thereof.

...I'm not sure how to tell you this, but hardly anyone outside the US ever took any notice of that in the first place.

[Major-Tom]

Everything fades.


Nelson Rockefeller's death.

Nelson thought he was coming, but he was going.